Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-07-31


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IN IN me midst of this talk we enter The
IoS 'n building Of the hospital. and ar,
81. ~" INTO one Of the lecturc-rooms. whcr,
T az rows OF benches rising one abov,
. ,"e other and the lecturers chair an(
'"ole IN the middle Of the floor convey
oueges'ion of busy life that contrast
SSelaiy with the prevailing silence anC
~ 'oinuon. Ills impression is deepen
az h''ndrediold when We pass on e
ue " theatre" which looks like :
13;;,'''e'are parody OF the Coliseum
- ueie Is the open space in the centre
' ''',, 0utVing line of seats around it. th'
t"i,ry overhead for the great mass O
slocSatorS and, as if to mako the GRIN
tS,ia,iei complete, this awful something
"iich hes ouistrctchod upon a rougl
,"uie ieiow lis, outlining Itself spec
IFai'y through the white sheet thai
covers 1t, might well pass for the corYsc
u slaughtered gladiator.
Tho fellows in the gallery are gene
Ialiy rather noisy lot, says Mr.. f.,
,"ughinP, Gust ike your men at OK
ioId ana Cambridge in the Commend.
ia'ion week. So long as they confine
themselves to shouting it doesn't s.
huch matter; but when they come to
throwing down potatoes upon the head.
Oh Inc men underneath them, the fun's
AIT to be more lively than pleasant.
40 you see that man down Wonder in
the corner? That's our marker. who
has to keep count Of all the men that
are absent from lecture, and very well
he does 1T. We have ut least $50 fresh
men here, ana / believe he knows them
all by sight already
Next comes the library, upon one of
the tables Of which Mr.. =. shows with
lnst pride the famous "challenge
shield, the possession Of winch is the
trophy Of st. Bartholomew's present
superiority in athletic sports to all the
other hospitals of London. 1t is a
handsome plate Of silver, tastefullv
embossed with scenes from Milton's
" Paradise Lost, and altogether we'll
worth having on his own account, apart
ircm the almost religious reverence
hahi,ually paid 10y John Bull to every
ioim OF athletic pre-cminence. One
possng glance at the antique Roman
coffin Of battered metal on the stair
cese outside-iound in digging around
tie foundation Of the hospital and
then We ascend n stair and enter the
museum.
Here, indeed, we find Abundance TO
look at. Skeletons Of tigers and leo
pards, still crouchiug rs if to spring.
with tier flCshloss jaws gaming in
lid'ous menace; human skulls scanned
with the sears OF the frigltful wounds,
through which the life ha2 obbed away:
strange and Ghastly dc(ormitics such
O., when once seen. haunt one fOrey,r.
aid q perfect arsenal Of surgical iustru-
mcnts, keen. bright, and cruel. one
glance OF which is more than enough.
81 The far end Of the room stands q
giant skeleton between seven and eight
feet nigh. hits towering head thrown
back and its mighty chest hl1gnlily
Ike Goliath looking down
ia scoln upon the shepherd mi OF Israel
tic instant before the fatal sling,tone
few.
Onward again to take q passing peep
ut the Oissccting-roOm. OF which--as
the Scottish Highlander phrscd it -
"thc more said the less the better ="
Then down into the main dispensary. q
perfect model Of ncaincss and order,
trauicd 10y a brisk and iuxom "ma-
tron, whose Jolly face would almost
keep the room warm without any help
from the blazing fire in the CRATE Ju.t
beyond Is the patients waIt!ng-rOOu.
now a desert OF long, bare benches, ou
the end OF one of which cluster two
women and child. lyon should sec
this room in the morning, winch is
our busy time" says MIR. y. an
sveung my look ; cts often crowded
as full as 1t can hold. We have two
house-surgeons and eight 'Gressar
always on duty, and this broad lounge
that ven see here is where the bad A.
c.dcnts are laid down tall they can be
attended to.
Then come the chapel and the great
which is Il charming spot.
with It's trees clothed with leaty nch-
ness. More picturesque still IS tae
great O0k staircase adorned with co.oi-
sal frescocs Of the Pool Of Bethesda
and the Good Samaritan. above which
is the old dining-hall, whore the bold,
bluff vislce of Henry VIII looks down
upon a vast portrait gallery of famous
doctors and other bcneflctors OF the
hospital, whose bequcsts arr chronieled
IN due order upon the sombre walls.
And so We come at Length t. the last
and most striking part of orr survey
via. the inspection OF two or tnree o.!
the "sick Yards.
That erything which care and
kindness can do for these poor cfcl-
tines has lccn done to the utmost Is
evident ut the first glance. Flowers
and fruit are on every table. ON Il
sbclf near the door stand number Of
books and magazines, in readiness Tor
any patient who may be strong eno1gh
to usc them. TOYS Of all kinds lie
strcvn around the few children whom
fine wards contain, and the poor little
rati,ut faces brighten family ever and
anon. wan and sunkon though they
are. as the wasted hands clutch
fecblv 1T gay flags or toy elephants
pnt despito all this the whole effect
of tie panorama is intensely depross-
inc The shadow OF death Is evidently
dosing fast over That poor fellow WHO
les IL tie further conner OF the mtA $
wo,d. with three or four tertni faces
around him. On the countenance oi
tits young Girl beside the door 81 the
female division, beautiful as 1t Is, there
is a brand Of lifelong suffering ana
premature decay which makes one 5
heart ache. As in visiting PRISON or
an asylum. we feel oppressed ny al
atmosphere of suffering which we can
nct relieve aud OF wrong which we can
not set right
ENGLISH ETi0UDrrE.
ma ,tor, but worth Telling Susf
Once More.